Monza, attempts to steal a Cézanne engraving to demonstrate ease of theft

The story of the sixty-one-year-old man who, in Monza, tried to steal an etching by Paul Cézanne, Tête de jeune fille of 1873, has something of the absurd: he allegedly did so to demonstrate the ease of theft. This is what happened Saturday afternoon at the Monza Civic Gallery, but the details were released yesterday. The man was caught by a security guard attempting to remove the engraving from its frame: after which, after hiding in the museum’s bathroom, he fled.

Later in the day on Sunday, the man again went to the Brianza institution and a report to the police immediately went out: cornered by the officers, the 61-year-old allegedly justified himself by saying that his intent was to demonstrate how easy it was to commit a theft at the Monza Gallery. Police, however, are investigating the man’s possible contacts with the clandestine art market, and also why Gallery employees did not immediately alert law enforcement on the day of the attempted theft.

Image: Paul Cézanne, Tête de jeune fille (1873; etching; Monza, Galleria Civica)

Sources: Ansa - New Brianza

Monza, attempts to steal a Cézanne engraving to demonstrate ease of theft

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